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Re: [conculture] Re: Greetings!

From:Tom Wier <artabanos@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 30, 1999, 2:30
Nik Taylor wrote:

> Tom Wier wrote: > > What's > > to say that these two communities didn't exist side by side, together, > > and English only began to absorb them, slowly, over a period of > > centuries? > > According to my History of the English Language class, these forms often > existed in the North of England for centuries, slowly diffusing > southward. I suspect that what the OED lists as "entering the language" > is when it entered the southern dialects, especially London's dialect.
Right. Moreoever, it can only account for when it entered the *written* language, which has always been traditionally more conservative than what's actually used in speech. ======================================================= Tom Wier <artabanos@...> ICQ#: 4315704 AIM: Deuterotom Website: <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/eclectorium/> "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero." There's nothing particularly wrong with the proletariat. It's the hamburgers of the proletariat that I have a problem with. - Alfred Wallace ========================================================